Sydney Trains A & B sets

The Waratah is a Train operated by Sydney trains that comes in Two variants (A and B sets) with the A sets built from 2010-2014 and the b sets built from 2017 onwards

B sets
In December 2016, 192 new carriages (24 sets) were ordered for a new timetable which commenced in November 2017, these trains are known as the B sets or Waratah series 2 trains, the first was unveiled in March 2018 and Entered service towards the end of October 2018, In September 2018, set B2 was the first B set to enter service, and B3 came in shortly after.

Accidents
On 14th October 2014, A29 was extensively damaged after it was trapped by rising floodwaters at Bardwell Park. The water came up to door level. As a result, many electrical components underneath the train were destroyed. The train was towed to Cardiff using a locomotive and repairs took several months to complete.

A22 was involved in a derailment on the 23rd October 2014 at Mulgrave. It was derailed by catch points after a SPAD, however it only had minor damage and soon returned to service.

On the 22nd January 2018, A42 failed to stop in time and crashed into the buffer stop at the end of platform 2 at Richmond station. According to the preliminary report, the train was travelling around 35km/h at the time of the crash. The resulting recovery operation took several days, as the couplers were damaged. Eventually, the train was transported in sections of 2-3 cars to Cardiff. Current rumours are that the train will be written off. In response to the incident, Sydney Trains has introduced a temporary speed restriction of 20 km/h on approach to Richmond station.